Alfa Romeo Tipo 308
| Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 | |
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| Category | Grand Prix 3 litre |
| Constructor | Alfa Romeo |
| Designer | Gioacchino Colombo |
| Chassis | channel section side members[1] |
| Suspension (front) | independent with trailing links, coil springs, hydraulic dampers |
| Suspension (rear) | independent with swing axles, transwerse leaf springs |
| Engine | Alfa Romeo 2991 cc straight-8 Roots supercharged 295 bhp @ 6000 rpm front engined, longitudinally mounted |
| Transmission | Alfa 4-speed manual |
| Fuel | |
| Tyres | Pirelli |
| Notable entrants | Alfa Corse |
| Notable drivers | Tazio Nuvolari Luigi Villoresi Jean-Pierre Wimille Achille Varzi Raymond Sommer Oscar Alfredo Gálvez |
| Debut | April 1938 Grand Prix de Pau |
| Races competed | |
| Race victories | |
| Constructors' Championships | |
| Drivers' Championships | |
| Pole positions | |
| Fastest laps | |
The Alfa Romeo 308 or 8C-308 was a Grand Prix racing car made for the 3 litre class in 1938, only four cars was produced. The chassis was derived from the P3 race car and the engine from the 8C 2900. The 308 was engineered by Gioacchino Colombo under the control of Enzo Ferrari who was then in charge of Alfa's racing team, Alfa Corse. The car debuted at the Grand Prix de Pau in 1938, two cars were entered to race, one for Tazio Nuvolari and the other for Luigi Villoresi.Both drivers had to withdraw from competition, however Nuvolari had by then driven a lap record. The next race was the Tripoli Grand Prix and again two cars entered with Raymond Sommer placed fourth, Hermann Lang driving a Mercedes-Benz W154 was the winner. In this race Eugenio Siena was killed after a racing accident.
Later the car gained some more victories in hill climb competitions and in the 1940s Jean-Pierre Wimille won a couple of races in Europe. One of the cars was brought to Argentina where it gathered some success and victories in the hands of Oscar Alfredo Gálvez. The 308 was also used in Indianapolis but without any great success. The car that Gálvez used in Argentina is now in the Juan-Manuel Fangio museum.[1] Overall Alfa Romeo's 3 litre formula cars (Tipo 308, 312 and 316) were not a great success so the company decided to built a car for the 1500cc class, the 158 voiturette.
Main victories
- 1938 Grand Prix Rio De Janeiro, Carlo Maria Pintacuda
- 1939 Circuit Des Remparts, Raymond Sommer
- 1946 Grand Prix de Bourgogne, Jean-Pierre Wimille
- 1946 Grand Prix de Perpignan, Jean-Pierre Wimille
- 1947 Grand Prix de Rosario, Achille Varzi
- 1948 Grand Prix Sao Paulo, Jean-Pierre Wimille
- 1949 Grand Prix Argentina, Oscar Alfredo Gálvez
Indianapolis starts
- 1940 Chet Miller
- 1946 Louis Durant
- 1947 Walt Brown
- 1948 Johnny Mauro
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| 4-cyl. | 12 HP / 15 HP / 24 HP / 15-20 HP / 20-30 HP | 20/30 HP | RM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-cyl. | 40/60 HP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-cyl. | ES Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6-cyl. | G1 / G2 | RL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6-cyl. | 6C - 1500 / 1750 / 1900 / 2300 / 2500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8-cyl. | 8C - 2300 / 2600 / 2900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racing car |
GP | P1 / P2 | Tipo A | Tipo B (P3) | Tipo C (8C-35) | Tipo 308 | 158 / 159 Alfetta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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